The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-10-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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States army retired, aged 90, died at Bal
timore on the 5th.
T. Hawkins is under arrest in New
York city charged with the murder Q
his aged mother. He has confessed.
The public debt statement issued Octo
Der 1st shows debt of $1,676, 6,2O3,95O,
decrease during September Of $14,24 ,96e
The mail carrier to Fort Apache, Ari
zona, was robbed by four masked mer
Tuesday, and his pouches rlfed Of valu
able contents.
AT the reunion Of the G. A. r. in st
Louis last week Gerald Rea of Minneap
oils was elected commander in chief fol
the ensuing year.
The schooner City OF Green Bay, will
crew of seven men, was wrecked Al
South Haven, Mich, Monday, and all
hands but one lost.
Last Saturday night at Nacogdoches
Texas, mob battered down the Jail door
and took out negro murderer named
Joe Adams and hanged him.
The wheat crop Of Manitoba this yea1
Is 10 900. 900 bushels, an average OF TWEEN
ty eight bushels to the acre. The tota
value Of the produce of the province fol
export is 100000.
The latest news from Samoa says the
Germans took King Malieota on board
gunboat for the purpose of exiling him or
account of his failure to prevent his peo
pie from robbing German plantations.
By the explosion of boiler in saw
mill at Amandar, Ohio, Wednesday
George Lape, Perry Lape, Simon Young
and Amos Young, were instantly killeo
and Mrs. Simon Young seriously injured
Two half breeds, father and son, have
been arrested at Edmonton, n. W. T fol
killing the wife of the former. She be
came insane and they killed her to ous1
the evil spirit, according to Indian custom
Four prisoners escaped from Jail a
Cheyenne, Wyo., Tuesday evening, by
cutting hole in the top Of the cage an(
crawling through the vent1lator OF tht
roof. One of them, VIM. Mccoy, is under
sentence to be hanged for murder. On
thousand dollars reward is offered TO
him dead or alive.
A single highwayman held up and rob
bed a stage near Ballinger, Texas. las
week. He stood eight passengers in rov
and went through their pockets, securing
nearly $4,000 in money and considerable
jewelry. When the stage going in an op
posite direction came along shortly afte
he went through its passengers in the sam
way.
A miners cottage at Tower, Mimi, wa
burned and three lives lost Saturday night
Louis Traskey and wife escaped with on
child, leaving two others in the house
Traskcy made an unsuccessful effort t
rescue them and was so badly burned tha
he died the following morning. TIL
mother and remaining child ale left desti
tute.
Fred Munchrath, who was convicted Q
manslaughter for completely in the mur
der of Rev. Haddock at Sioux City, Iowa
has been sentenced to imprisonment in tn
penltentiary for four years. After th
sentence Munchrath's attorney gave motto
Of an appeal to the supreme court, an
pending the appeal he was released Q
bonds for $1,000. The supreme cour
cannot act on the appeal until after tn
trial of Arensdorf IN December.
At the coroner's investigation Of tn
causes of the recent fatal disaster on til
Milwaukee road near Dubuque, Iowa, til
railway employees testified that the con
ductor and engineer were blameless an
that the company was to blame. Sine
giving this testimony they have been ask
ed by the superintendent to sign pape
generating the railroad company. Fou
Of the employees refused to do this an
have been discharged from the service
the company.
The propeller California, plying Q
Lake Michigan, was sunk off Gros cap'
Tuesday morning. Sixteen lives wer
lost. The California left Chicago Satu1
day night and was struck by Monday
gale in Lake Michigan. Her hold 500
filed, extinguishing the fires, and abo'
| o'clock when off st. Helena, she brok
and in few minutes went down. Seve
Of her crew reached Point Lesbarbes in
life boat in an almost lifeless condition
The California was bound for Montre
laden with 10000 bushels Of corn an
700 barrels Of pork, and carried crew
twenty two persons and three passenger
At Greenwood, Miss, there is Maso
ic lodge composed Of colored gentleme
Several murders Of mysterious natu
have occurred near there in the past tv
wears, and the whites claim that the neg